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by Nikhil Ghodke | Jun 26, 2023 | General
As we enter a new era of technology and creativity, artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to transform the landscape of art and design education. AI models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and advanced generative AI systems, such as Midjourney, Dall-e and Stable...
by Brady Smith | Jun 15, 2023
In May 2018, the Arts Education Partnership published Music Matters. This was the first in a four-part series of special reports that used ArtsEdSearch to illustrate the many benefits of arts education. The Arts Counts series went on to publish Visual Arts Matters,...
by Brady Smith | Jun 13, 2023
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by Elizabeth Peterson | May 25, 2023 | General
The arts can have a powerful impact on students’ social and emotional well-being. What’s more is that educators can help students develop these skills right inside their classrooms no matter what subject they teach. In today’s world, many students are facing...
by Brady Smith | May 25, 2023
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by Krystal Johnson | Mar 30, 2023 | Policy
Spring has officially sprung, bringing warmer weather, fresh blooms and a new round of updates to the ArtScan database! AEP collaborates with the State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education and Education Commission of the States to update this resource to equip...
by Brady Smith | Mar 29, 2023
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Restorative Justice for the Arts Yorkdale Elementary Mural Project Yorkdale Elementary Mural Project 20 Yorkdale Elementary Mural Project 16 Yorkdale Elementary Mural Project 15 Yorkdale Elementary Mural Project 13 Yorkdale Elementary Mural Project 12 Yorkdale...
by Brady Smith | Feb 22, 2023
by Kelsey Giroux | Feb 14, 2023 | General
“Juvenile (in)justice” “Wyoming’s juvenile justice system fails too many kids. Can it be fixed?” “Wyoming Lawmakers Look to Close Juvenile Justice Data Gap — Partially” “Wyoming Lawmakers Explore Ways to Lock Up Fewer Kids” “How Can We Create Successful Juvenile...
by Brady Smith | Feb 14, 2023
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by Jamie Kasper | Nov 29, 2022 | Policy
Jamie Kasper and Claus von Zastrow also recorded Talking About Arts Education Data, a corresponding podcast episode for the Arts ARE Education Talk It Up podcast. In May 2021, AEP published a post titled What We Know – and Don’t Know – About the Status of Arts...
by Brady Smith | Nov 28, 2022
by Mary Dell’Erba | Nov 23, 2022 | Policy
Since the release of the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) results, countless articles and analyses have revealed the same troubling trend: reading and math scores declined at an alarming rate for fourth and eighth grade students in the 2021-22...
by Brady Smith | Nov 16, 2022
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by Wincey Terry-Bryant | Nov 8, 2022 | General
This post was first published on Ed Note, Education Commission of the States’ education policy blog. It was guest authored by Wincey Terry-Bryant, master teaching artist at Wolf Trap. My parents noticed early in my life that I had an inclination for memorizing...
by Brady Smith | Nov 3, 2022
by Cassandra Quillen | Nov 1, 2022 | General
In March 2021, a year into the global Covid-19 pandemic, the American Rescue Plan (ARP) was signed into law to provide relief aid to entities across the United States. As part of this aid, $122 billion dollars — established as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency...
by Brady Smith | Oct 19, 2022
by Brady Smith | Oct 19, 2022
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by Krystal Johnson | Oct 18, 2022 | General
In 2019, Arts Education Partnership (AEP) began its arts and juvenile justice work with the goal of understanding the role of the arts in juvenile justice spaces and how the work could expand. AEP is now expanding its focus to restorative justice and the arts focused...
by Brady Smith | Oct 7, 2022
by Winnie Mwamsamali | Sep 28, 2022 | General
Malawi is a small landlocked country in Sub-Saharan Africa with a population of over 18 million. Over the years, the country has made tremendous strides in developing its educational systems. In many communities of Malawi, music, dance and oral storytelling, locally...
by Brady Smith | Sep 27, 2022
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In the Storytelling Project, students filmed music videos of their parodies to illustrate...
by Brady Smith | Aug 31, 2022
Middle school students posted checkpoints each week for the college mentors to respond...
by Brady Smith | Aug 31, 2022
College mentors provided models for each...
by Brady Smith | Aug 31, 2022
College mentors created “Did You Know” videos to showcase the culture and history of Hip Hop. Seesaw allowed the middle school students to engage back in a style that mimicked social media...
by Brady Smith | Aug 31, 2022
Each week, the college mentors posted assignments on Seesaw to guide the middle school students toward the project...
by Brady Smith | Aug 31, 2022
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As policymakers continue to rethink, reshape and reform systems, it has become vital to involve the appropriate voices in these conversations. Inclusion of the people who are directly affected by policy and funding actions in their communities leads to equitable...
by Brady Smith | Aug 17, 2022
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ArtsEd Digest Archive Here you will find all past issues of ArtsEd Digest, AEP’s bi-monthly newsletter highlighting news from AEP partner organizations and the field, including reports, research and job opportunities. Hidden 2025 Feb. 5, 2025 – ArtsEd Digest | AEP...
by Brady Smith | Jun 22, 2022
by Gwynne Middleton | Jun 17, 2022
Our Shared Future: Imagining a New Landscape for Teaching Artists On April 5-7, 2022, we hosted a virtual event in support of teaching artists across the country. Our Shared Future: Imagining a New Landscape for Teaching Artists featured sessions that dug into the...
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by Alexandra Etscovitz | Apr 8, 2022 | General
Remember when teaching was “only” about high achievement, standardized testing, active shooter drills and differentiating our instruction? All kidding aside, the fact that educators have been juggling those demands with the new educational landscape of...
by Brady Smith | Apr 6, 2022
by Jenna Masone, Ed.D. | Apr 4, 2022 | General
How do we make school improvement efforts impactful and lasting? Traditionally, school improvement efforts only address academic improvement and fall short in impacting the whole school. Alternately, the arts are often tapped to improve schools yet fall short because...
by Nate Marcarelli | Apr 1, 2022
by Krystal Johnson | Apr 1, 2022 | Policy
AEP is committed to enhancing ArtScan to continuously meet the needs of our network as they utilize the database for their respective work. We are excited about this year’s update…or upgrade as some may consider it. Our goals with the changes this year are to make the...
by Brady Smith | Mar 31, 2022
by Brady Smith | Mar 31, 2022
by Tom Keily | Mar 28, 2022 | General
The journey of a child through making meaning was one of the foundational learnings from the Arts Education Partnership’s work on The Arts and Literacies. Specifically, meaning making supports students to develop knowledge, awareness, appreciation and empathy of...
by Brady Smith | Mar 23, 2022
by Gene Lyman | Mar 21, 2022 | General
Individuals navigate the world through the senses and textures of life, grounding us in our common humanity. Linking literacies and the arts encourages fluidity between disciplines, creates space for multiple forms of meaning making and prompts flexible thinking...
by Julia Murphy | Mar 16, 2022
by Julia Murphy | Mar 16, 2022
by Cassandra Quillen | Mar 16, 2022
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by Gwynne Middleton | Mar 16, 2022
Join us on March 29 for a FREE, virtual policy briefing for researchers and funders in arts and education! Explore existing gaps in arts education research and focus on creating a deeper dialogue among funders, researchers and practitioners during the policy briefing....
by Sloka Iyengar | Mar 14, 2022 | General
My name is Sloka, and I am a neuroscientist and classical Indian dancer from Ahmedabad, India, and I now live in New York. I started learning Bharatanatyam — a form of classical Indian dance — when I was five years old. Bharatanatyam is rich in facial and hand...
by Cassandra Quillen | Mar 10, 2022
by Cassandra Quillen | Mar 7, 2022
Considering education as an ecosystem — rather than a single, independent system or agency — recognizes the interconnections between environments within and outside of schools that impact student well-being. When included as a key part of the wellness ecosystem, the...